Originally Posted by Wyatt Burp

I could never see the big fuss about Unforgiven or High Noon. I watched High Noon again recently and my impression, just like Unforgiven, is you have two brilliant performances in the lead roles but in halfway decent yet run of the mill films. Unforgiven was a revelation for many critics because they felt Eastwood was denouncing all the really great violence from his older westerns. The Man With No Name could shoot five guys before breakfast for insulting his mule, but Will Penny showed death wasn't entertaining in real life.